Key Highlights:
- Battlefield 6 had a strong start on PC/Steam initially.
- Since then the game has accumulated a fair number of negative reviews.
- The progression system and grind have been particularly sore points.
Battlefield 6 has been a tremendous success for both Battlefield Studios and Electronic Arts, managing to accumulate a massive player base within weeks after its initial launch on October 10, 2025 across both PC and consoles.
However, recent Steam reviews display a worrying trend, with many dumping fairly critical reviews across the board, which has plummeted the game down to a Mostly Positive rating (down from Very Positive).
Battlefield 6 Starts Accumulating Negative Reviews on Steam
Battlefield 6 might finally be running out of steam (pun intended), if recent Steam user reviews are to be believed. The game had initially managed to shatter records for the franchise, quickly growing on to become the biggest launch for Battlefield to date.
In fact, the game peaked at a concurrent player count of 747,440 players (as per SteamDB), far eclipsing the likes of Battlefield 3, which was noted to be the most well received Battlefield title prior to 2025’s Battlefield 6.
While much of the initial hype can be attributed toward the game’s honeymoon phase (with many players choosing to leave it for more ‘greener’ pastures), there has been a monumental shift in the gaming landscape in the past few years alone.
Simply put, the competition in the video games industry is at an all time high, and we’re not talking about the likes of AAA blockbusters such as Call of Duty here. The indie game scene has exploded in popularity recently, with games such as Escape from Duckov being a more prominent example.
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Much of this could have been avoided, if EA had chosen to focus on reducing the frustrating experiences surrounding Battlefield 6 instead. While there is no doubt that the core gameplay of Battlefield 6 is near perfect, there are other aspects that have been less than pleasant.
The most prominent example of this would be in the game’s weapon attachment system, which feels like a chore to grind for. Simply put, the amount of effort put into unlocking a weapon’s mods is nothing short of obnoxious, and mandates that players grind through hours of mindless gameplay.
This has started to frustrate a lot of players, many of whom call this move largely unnecessary. To make matters worse, Battlefield 6 has started to shut down bot matches, which were the only feasible way to grind EXP for a lot of people.
Punishing your players for wanting to skip the grind and actually enjoy playing the game is not a good outlook at all, and EA needs to come to terms with this as soon as possible.
The ideal solution would be to roll back these changes, and nerf the EXP requirements to more reasonable levels, if that ever happens.
The Steam forums are flooded with many such reviews, which does explain why the game dipped down to a Mostly Positive rating on the platform. To be clear, Battlefield 6 is still a very, very good first person shooter – it’s just that forcing players to play the game in a particular way (which isn’t fun at all) really takes the enjoyment out of the whole experience.
EA Still Has Time to Turn This Around
It’s not all over yet though, and EA still has plenty of time to turn things around. Listening to player feedback is quite important, and so far EA have done a splendid job of it, and I’m pretty sure they’ll want to remain in the good graces of its playerbase for longer.
This isn’t (hopefully) the same EA that we grew up to hate, and with the release of Battlefield: RedSec, it genuinely feels like things might take a turn for the better.
